The Nobodies: A Novel

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If there's one thing Joan Dixon knows about herself, it's that she is a damn good journalist. But when she is laid off from yet another soon-to-be-shuttered newspaper--and even the soulless, listicle-writing online jobs have dried up--she is left with few options. Closer to 40 than 30, single, living with her parents again, Joan decides she needs to reinvent herself. She goes to work as a junior copywriter at Bloom, a tech startup where her bosses are all a decade younger and snacks and cans of fizzy water flow freely. Joan has a steady paycheck and a stable job for the first time in years. She befriends a group of misfit coworkers and even begins a real relationship, after years of false starts. But once a journalist, always a journalist, and as Joan starts to poke beneath Bloom's bright millennial surface, she realizes that she may have accidentally stumbled into the scoop of her lifetime. Is she willing to throw away her fresh start for the sake of the story

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Praise for Liza Palmer and The Nobodies

A Best Book of September (InStyle, Refinery29, HelloGiggles)

"A sharp and snappy riff on start-up culture and the glaring contrast between the personal and professional lives of Gen Z and millennials. The strongest takeaway from this novel, however, is the story of a woman finding her way a little later in life and on her own terms." --Chicago Review of Books

"Funny and clever...A feel-good story about second chances...Showcase[s] Palmer's talent for finding magic in small moments. This is a real crowd-pleaser." --Publishers Weekly

"As I read The Nobodies, I thought of the HBO show 'Silicon Valley, ' for its funny, bumbling characters, and then 'Younger, ' whose main character connects with her 20-something publishing co-workers, and finally, The Inventor: Out for Blood, the documentary about the fraudulent tech startup Theranos. Combining elements from all of these narratives, The Nobodies is a fast-paced, contemporary novel with a main character who's determined to get the real story and maybe find herself along the way." --BookPage

"Palmer is a witty, charming writer; The Nobodies gives hope that people like you and I can be heroes." --Refinery29 (Best Books of September)

"The Nobodies is a wildly entertaining novel about a Gen X-er surrounded by millennials. When she starts over at the bottom of the corporate ladder, she accidentally stumbles upon a big juicy company secret." --HelloGiggles

"Liza Palmer's voice is fresh, exciting, and necessary. She's a must-read author." --Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & the Six

"Engaging and poignant and heartbreakingly real." --Jennifer Weiner

"Palmer tells a story like a girlfriend over lunch." --People

"Fresh, frank, and fearless. Liza Palmer is a road warrior of contemporary fiction." --Georgia Clark, author of The Bucket List

"Honest, humorous and whip smart...Impossible to put down and so much fun to read." --USA Today's Happily Ever After

"Liza Palmer is definitely one of my new favorite writers!" --Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries

Author Bio

Liza Palmer is the internationally bestselling author of Conversations with the Fat Girl and several other novels. An Emmy-nominated writer, she lives in Los Angeles and works for BuzzFeed.